TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Nick Saban said he doesn't smoke and doesn't make any exceptions for the sake of tradition.

The Alabama coach, though, won't be snuffing out any of his players' cigars if the Crimson Tide beats Tennessee for a seventh consecutive year Saturday.

"I know
it's something that a lot of people really enjoy," he said. "It's not a tradition I
started. It's a tradition that was here that the players have
continued. I think it's something they have fun with. I'm happy that
they do. Not really something that I'm interested in."

Earlier in the week, safety Landon Collins said he kept his first victory cigar as a souvenir and didn't burn it one bit. Left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio, who tore his ACL against Tennessee during his freshman year, said Wednesday he partook in the celebration after last year's 44-13 rout in Knoxville.

"The feel of victory, the feel of accomplishment and you have a cigar to prove it," Kouandjio said. "It's a good feeling."

Linebacker C.J. Mosley said he's "not a cigar person" and follows Collins' strategy of keeping it as a memento.

"Everybody is happy," Mosley said. "Our eyes start to burn after a while in there."

Wide receiver DeAndrew White was asked to describe what kind of cigar the players receive.

“I don’t really know
anything about what kind of cigar they get us," White said, "but I know whoever gets them
picks a really good one."